Well, we were warned …

… In Other Words: Crossing "The Bridge". (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

"It was after the road breakers came. After my brother died because there was no car to take him where the doctor was."
"Lots of people died like that."
"They said thousands had died in cars. It was better that one man should die because there were no cars."

Dave also sent along the Kirkus review of The Bridge.